It is the second largest community in Santa Rosa County, and is a part of the Pensacola Metropolitan Area.

Pace is located in the Western Florida Panhandle, just north of Escambia Bay in Santa Rosa County.

Pace comprises the 32571 ZIP code, and is located northeast of Pensacola, and west of Milton.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Pace has a total area of 9.4 square miles (24 km2), all land.

On March 12, 1919, Black veteran Bud Johnson was lynched as part of the Red Summer of 1919.